Sestao Chess Open 2025

XL Open Basque Country Sestao 2025 aka Ajedrez Sestao 2025 aka Sestao Chess Open 2025 is taking place September 12 – September 18 in Spain. It is one of the top open tournaments of the European Chess Calendar (part of The Chess Calendar) for September and features 234 players from 33 countries. Among the participants are Elham Amar, Eduardo Iturrizaga Bonelli, Carlos Daniel Albornoz Cabrera, Simen Agdestein, Pierre Laurent-Paoli, Fernando Peralta, Kirk Ghazarian, Yuri Solodovnichenko, Sion Radamantys Galaviz Medina, Timothe Razafindratsima, Aksel Bu Kvaloy, Loic Travadon, Julen Luis Arizmendi Martinez, Harry Grieve, Vladyslav Larkin, etc. Scroll down for the full participants list.

Live games will be daily on Chessdom.com

Sestao 2025 participants

1	GM	Amar, Elham	NOR	2584
2	GM	Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo	ESP	2583
3	GM	Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel	CUB	2572
4	GM	Agdestein, Simen	NOR	2563
5	GM	Laurent-Paoli, Pierre	FRA	2560
6	GM	Peralta, Fernando	ARG	2547
7	GM	Ghazarian, Kirk	USA	2518
8	GM	Solodovnichenko, Yuri	UKR	2518
9	IM	Galaviz Medina, Sion Radamantys	MEX	2498
10	IM	Razafindratsima, Timothe	FRA	2495
11	IM	Kvaloy, Aksel Bu	NOR	2490
12	IM	Travadon, Loic	FRA	2486
13	GM	Arizmendi Martinez, Julen Luis	ESP	2485
14	IM	Grieve, Harry	ENG	2484
15	IM	Larkin, Vladyslav	UKR	2484
16	IM	Petriashvili, Nikoloz	GEO	2465
17	IM	Haring, Filip	SVK	2464
18	IM	Gloeckler, Christian	GER	2452
19	GM	Poetsch, Hagen	GER	2449
20	IM	Fiorito, Francisco	ARG	2448
21	IM	Alonso Garcia, Aaron	ESP	2447
22	IM	Levin, Guy	ISR	2447
23	IM	Kanov, Nikola	BUL	2439
24	IM	Degraeve, Remy	FRA	2435
25	IM	Gkoumas, Georgios	GRE	2434
26	IM	Fiorito, Joaquin	ARG	2424
27	IM	Martinez Ramirez, Lennis	CUB	2424
28	IM	Noboa Silva, Kevin	ECU	2423
29	IM	Tutisani, Noe	GEO	2422
30	IM	Domingo Nunez, Ruben	ESP	2417
31	IM	Lohia, Sohum	ENG	2405
32	FM	Alvarez Calzadilla, Jose Avelino	CUB	2401
33	IM	Merario Alarcon, Andres	ESP	2400
34	FM	Perez Marimon, Jorge De Jesus	CUB	2387
35	IM	Shohat, Yotam	ISR	2382
36	IM	Leiva, Gianmarco	PER	2380
37	IM	Gomez Ledo, Roberto Carlos	CUB	2378
38	FM	Martinez Lopez, David	ESP	2370
39	GM	Khamrakulov, Ibragim S.	ESP	2364
40	FM	Aayush, Bhattacherjee	IND	2360
41	FM	Falkevall, Axel	SWE	2360
42	FM	Sherman, Raem	ISR	2357
43	FM	Becerra, Juan David	COL	2356
44	FM	Lopez Varela, Pablo	ESP	2354
45	FM	Trigo Urquijo, Sergio	ESP	2347
46	FM	Lux, Hugo De Melo	BRA	2345
47	FM	Domingo Nunez, Alejandro	ESP	2341
48	FM	Iglesias, Yosha	FRA	2336
49	FM	Ostensen, Nicolai Maxime	NOR	2335
50	FM	Ruiz Buendia, Miguel	ESP	2335
51	FM	Nemsadze, Daviti	GEO	2330
52	WGM	Rakshitta, Ravi	IND	2326
53	FM	Ezra, Paul Chambers	BDI	2316
54	FM	Loftgaard, Mikkel Vinh	DEN	2305
55	IM	Perez Garcia, Rodney Oscar	CUB	2302
56	FM	Iglesias Ferreira, Andres	ESP	2301
57	FM	Jacobsen, Mikkel Manosri	DEN	2296
58	IM	Fiorito, Fabian	ARG	2291
59	FM	Wernberg, Hugo	SWE	2285
60	CM	Bendayan Claros, Aaron	ESP	2275
61	FM	Eliseev, Sergey	NOR	2272
62	FM	Llari, Marc	FRA	2268
63		Ruiz Abad, Juan Manuel	ESP	2254
64	FM	Prieto Aranguren, Alain	ESP	2236
65	CM	Rodriguez Avila, Alvaro	ESP	2235
66	CM	Khoo-Thwe, Louis	NOR	2233
67	CM	Evenshaug, Amadeus Hestvik	NOR	2229
68	FM	Stefanou, Konstantinos	GRE	2228
69	FM	Kupervaser, Erez	ISR	2226
70	CM	Grebennikov, Nikolai A.	FID	2225
71	CM	Sarasketa Irastortza, Oier	ESP	2214
72		Saad, Gabriel	FRA	2212
73	WFM	Prado Acebo, Ines	ESP	2209
74		Barbazan Bilbao, Xabier	ESP	2209
75		Morante Rafael, Aritz	ESP	2208
76		Alvarez Serrano, Carlos	ESP	2203
77	CM	Torfoss, Sivert Schanche	NOR	2202
78		Perez Pacheco, Ricardo	ESP	2187
79		Aamodt, Peder Marcus	NOR	2183
80		Beneyto De Ramon, Guillermo	ESP	2181
81	WFM	Muniz Guevara, Amanda Maria	CUB	2177
82	CM	Zieba, Hubert	POL	2172
83		Shtemler, Lavi	ISR	2171
84	IM	Guerra Bastida, Diego	ESP	2169
85	IM	Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel	ESP	2167
86	WFM	Christodoulaki, Antonia	GRE	2165
87	FM	Lorscheid, Gerhard	GER	2160
88	WIM	Sucikova, Svetlana	SVK	2159
89		Midoux, Sebastien	FRA	2159
90	FM	Kochavi, Dana	ISR	2152
91		Sarkoezy, Benjamin	GER	2143
92	FM	Rey Malde, Henrique	ESP	2139
93		Kaewpitakkun, Pantham	NOR	2138
94		Olsen, William Alexander	NOR	2135
95		Sabirov, Rafael	GER	2133
96		Om, Batra	IND	2126
97		Mocic, Ivano	CRO	2125
98	WIM	Hapala, Elisabeth	AUT	2124
99		Roquero Redondo, Miguel	ESP	2121
100		Fernandez Garcia, Juan Carlos	ESP	2115
101		Ostolazaga Barragan, Eneko	ESP	2107
102		Gonzalez Pereira, Asier	ESP	2103
103		Gotsiridze, Davit	GEO	2101
104	FM	Morais, Thomas	FRA	2100
105		Pesuto, Ivan	ARG	2100
106		Bech, Havard Eriksen	NOR	2097
107		Curiel Garcia, Christian	ESP	2092
108		Neininger, Ralph	GER	2092
109		Arvola, Daniel	NOR	2091
110		Reguillaga Elias, Manex	ESP	2090
111		Parra Ordorica, Arnau	ESP	2085
112	FM	Lacrosse, Marc	BEL	2084
113		Revilla Rio, Francisco	ESP	2081
114		Zima, Teofil	POL	2063
115		Calleja Gonzalez, Unai	ESP	2057
116		Perez Carballo, David	ESP	2057
117		Legrand, Vincent	FRA	2045
118		Avadhoot, Lokesh Bhakti Brahme	IND	2044
119		Castillo Sanjuan, Daniel	ESP	2036
120		Rodriguez Dogmoch, Kyran	ESP	2028
121		Besga Lopez, Jose Angel	ESP	2026
122		Garigorta Martinez, Ibai	ESP	2015
123		Colloridi, Dominic	ESP	2012
124		Garcia Ortega, Joseba	ESP	2010
125		Moreto Quintana, Alex	ESP	2009
126		Hamm, Fabien	FRA	2007
127		Martin Ibisate, Xabier	ESP	2005
128		Pesuto, Nicolas Francesco	ARG	1999
129	CM	Fernandez-Diaz Mascort, Miquel	ESP	1990
130		Segura Del Frago, Imanol	ESP	1985
131		Shlaen, Rem	ISR	1972
132	AGM	Wang, Minqing	GER	1967
133		Urbieta Gabancho, Koldo	ESP	1963
134	WFM	Tokarz, Izabela	POL	1962
135		Geaney-O`brien, David	IRL	1961
136		Woznicki, Tomasz	POL	1959
137		Wu Martin, Eneko	ESP	1949
138		Pomares Munoz, Ruben	ESP	1948
139		Garcia De Eulate Latorre, Unai	ESP	1944
140		Rodriguez Gonzalez, Alex	ESP	1940
141		Perdiguero Herreros, Alejandro	ESP	1937
142		Fonteboa Lopez, Samuel	ESP	1936
143		Leniz Markes, Inaki	ESP	1935
144		Valdezate Suarez, Fernando	ESP	1934
145		Echevarria Uriarte, Ibai	ESP	1930
146		Marquinez Cabrejas, Francisco J.	ESP	1929
147	AFM	Dhanesh, Venkata Narayanaswamy	SGP	1928
148		Gomez Ferrer, Jesus	ESP	1928
149		Carballido Bouzas, Adan	ESP	1926
150		Peralta Garcia, Manuel	ESP	1925
151		Goldschmidt, Raimar Dr.	GER	1924
152		Munoz Ferreira, Ibon	ESP	1921
153		Aguirre Maiz, Aitor	ESP	1913
154		Tokarz, Gabriela	POL	1911
155		Kosma, Maria	GRE	1910
156		Galarza Docampo, Karmel	ESP	1909
157		Zapirain Bilbao, Mikel	ESP	1903
158		Martinez De Soria Gordon, Jose Manuel	ESP	1893
159		Parramon Arimany, Marc	ESP	1871
160		Barros Pecina, Daniel	ESP	1868
161		Meneses Arenas, Mikel	ESP	1859
162		Oriza De Castro, Inigo	ESP	1846
163		Blauhut, Anna	NOR	1841
164		Etxeberria Seijas, Ugaitz	ESP	1840
165		Diaz Perez, Jose Juan	ESP	1839
166		Salazar Gomez, Guzman	ESP	1835
167		Grande Gonzalez, Julen	ESP	1817
168		Garcinuno Gonzalez, David	ESP	1811
169		Manas Garcia, Lander	ESP	1810
170		Mirek, Sebastian	POL	1804
171		Mlynek, Maksymilian	POL	1789
172		Arechavaleta Garcia, Candido	ESP	1786
173		Bonaetxea Gutierrez, Aitor	ESP	1786
174		Tellier, Louise-Marie	BEL	1782
175		Gerrikabeitia Uriarte, Antxoka	ESP	1781
176		Garcia Alvarez, Juan Bautista	ESP	1779
177		Vercruysse, Kasper	BEL	1774
178		Reguillaga Otano, Juan	ESP	1761
179		Mirek, Szymon	POL	1754
180		Soria Ayarzaguena, Iker	ESP	1754
181		Armao, Olivier	FRA	1753
182		Cosgaya Garcia, Marcelino	ESP	1739
183		Ortega Martinez, Jorge	ESP	1735
184		Bravo Freire, Aitor	ESP	1732
185		Hellmann, Thomas	GER	1722
186		Sedano Rodriguez, Ruben	ESP	1718
187		Nordahl, Christine	NOR	1714
188		Ciprian Merlo, Ibai	ESP	1705
189		Kirikov, Petr	FRA	1704
190		Sanchez Serrano, Luis Ignacio	ESP	1704
191		Zarate Ivchenko, Andrei	ESP	1702
192		Barranco Yanez, Jaime	ESP	1698
193		Falomir Ballega, Sergi	ESP	1696
194		Ciruelos Clerencia, Juan Manuel	ESP	1695
195		Moreno Lazarev, Haritz	ESP	1695
196		Hansen, Jonah	GER	1694
197		Macias Reyes, Jose Luis	ESP	1693
198		Elias Gonzalez, Dario	ESP	1690
199		Azcondo Blanco, Juan Antonio	ESP	1687
200		Crespo Arce, Miguel Angel	ESP	1681
201		Moreno Mora, Milaydes Lourdes	ARU	1674
202		Pose Segura, Erik	ESP	1668
203		Lorenzo Aramburuzabala, Inaki	ESP	1667
204		De La Cruz Esteibarlanda, Ametz	ESP	1665
205		Felices Sanchez, Marco Antonio	ESP	1657
206		Shaffer, Alexander	PUR	1648
207		Domec Labarta, Ixidor	ESP	1635
208		Popadyuk, Olga	UKR	1627
209		Caycedo Pelaez, Oriana	ESP	1625
210		Fernandez Menendez, Markel	ESP	1625
211		Young, Anna Ovidia	NOR	1616
212		Luengas Velasco, Unai	ESP	1615
213		Martinez Goiriz, Jose Manuel	ESP	1608
214		Gonzalez Anuncibay, Juan Pablo	ESP	1598
215		Villanueva Vivanco, Valentin	ESP	1590
216		Perez Pacheco, Sergio	ESP	1581
217		Carmona Herrera, Ivan	ESP	1570
218		Setien Gomez, Jose Ignacio	ESP	1560
219		Ibarrola Gobantes, Jokin	ESP	1556
220		Doval Garmendia, Markel	ESP	1545
221		Goti Cordon, Luis Pedro	ESP	1511
222		Pesquera Lopez, Ibon	ESP	1492
223		Doval Garmendia, Aimar	ESP	1440
224		Agreda Rodriguez, Joan	ESP	0
225		Arconada Infante, Julen	ESP	0
226		Den Hertog, Adriaan	NED	0
227		Diaz Cantera, Mirari	ESP	0
228		Gartzia Gartzia, Mikel	ESP	0
229		Gutierrez Arias, Luis	ESP	0
230		Holgado Sanchez, Jon Ander	ESP	0
231		Ocio Fernandez, David	ESP	0
232		Redondo Burgos, Josu	ESP	0
233		Suero Castanos, Maria Angeles	ESP	0
234		Uriarte Aretxabala, Jose Ignacio	ESP	0